FR 5396 — Nichols Lake North in MI

Road corridorHuron-Manistee NF, Baldwin Ranger District

9.6 mi from Baldwin

Dispersed camping generally allowed

U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.

Motor-vehicle season 5/3–9/23Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · within 30 days · after 16 days, all persons and camping equipment must leave the National Forest for two weeks; also 16 consecutive days · within 30 days · Then leave the forest for 2 weeks

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Road Access

Difficult

4.1 of this road’s 5.7 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 4.9 miles of it dirt.
Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

1 known camp spot along this road, at mile 0.4: reported by travellers.

Setting

Fairly secluded

Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.4 miles off.
The Sawkaw Lake shoreline is 0.3 mi off.
Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.

Rules

Camping within two hundred (200) feet of any body of water, except at designated sites. … Leaving a camper and/or camping equipment may be left unattended for more than 24 hours. … Possessing vehicles, campers, motor homes and trailers without a valid license plate.
Camping rules

Current fire orders

Climate averages

September normals 48–72°F, 3.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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FR 5396 — Nichols Lake North in MI -- Camping Rules & Access in Michigan